Hit-run suspect drove past victim twice, cops say

A woman accused in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Davie drove past the pedestrian's body twice without calling 911, according to a police report.

Angela Piedra, 38, of Hollywood, had been at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino before the incident around 5 a.m. Sept. 17.

Edward Compton, 52, of Davie, was killed in the 7100 block of Stirling Road, police said. Piedra was charged with failing to stop or remain at an accident involving a death.

Piedra was taken into custody and released early Friday after posting a $3,500 bond, jail records show. She surrendered to authorities, said her attorney Neil Kurch, who declined to comment further Friday.

After leaving the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, police say, Piedra headed west on Stirling Road before making a U-turn near Davie Road Extension. Shortly after that, Compton was struck. Piedra drove past him twice "before acknowledging that she did run over a body and then left the scene without calling 911 or rendering aid," the report said.

Investigators used footage from a red-light camera that captured the crash and a license plate reader at the casino's Lucky Street parking garage that identified a vehicle similar to the one registered to Piedra.

She told authorities that she ran over the body and did not call 911 despite having a working cellphone, the report said.

Police found dark green fibers on the undercarriage of Piedra's vehicle that were consistent with the shirt worn by Compton at the time of the crash.

An autopsy report revealed that Compton, who died of blunt force trauma, had cocaine and ethanol in his blood when he died, which could have "highly impaired" him, according to the report. The possible impairment might have contributed to his falling on the roadway before being run over, it said.